Switzerland await in the World Cup quarter-final

Quarter-final Tuesday: Switzerland stand in the way

Your team is one match from the World Cup semi-finals. Colombia face Switzerland on Tuesday night in the last eight, and the path is clearer than it looked a week ago (1) (2). Granit Xhaka runs the Swiss midfield. Manuel Akanji anchors the back line. Breel Embolo leads the attack. Three names, one obstacle.

Knockout nerves? Not this side

Colombia 1–0 Ghana in the round of 32 (1). Tight, controlled, professional. A knockout win with no drama. That is a team that knows what it is doing in tournament football.

Group stage statement: Uzbekistan swept aside

Colombia 3–1 Uzbekistan in the group stage (1). Three goals, three points, no doubt. Add the 0–0 draw with Portugal and the pattern is obvious: your team does not concede easily and finds a way when it matters.